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Mr Finger Valued Member United States 405 Posts	Posted 04/20/2008 2:18 pm Can someone help me out and tell me where this coin came from Image: DSC01913.jpg 90.37 KB Edited by Sap 04/22/2008 02:01 am Report this Post to the Staff

Mr Finger Valued Member United States 405 Posts	Posted 04/20/2008 2:28 pm PIc of other side of coin Image: DSC01915.jpg 99.86 KB Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16810 Posts	Posted 04/21/2008 8:47 pm I couldn't find an Ottoman coin with that particular floral pattern just browsing through zeno.ru, but if it's not Ottoman it probably is from another Turkic state. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
RenaL Pillar Of The Community Turkey 1205 Posts	Posted 04/22/2008 3:57 pm I'm definately not an expert, but the coin looks way too old to be called an "Ottoman coin". I guess this is struck before 1299. Besides, first coins of the Ottoman rulers have more complicated designs: eg: http://www.osmanliparalari.com/02-o...mm-bursa.jpg Edited by RenaL 04/22/2008 4:00 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Numismat Pillar of the Community United States 1666 Posts	Posted 04/22/2008 5:32 pm The design elements are more reminiscent of early Indian states era pieces rather than Middle-Eastern coins. Report this Post to the Staff
Mr Finger Valued Member United States 405 Posts	Posted 04/25/2008 3:05 pm Thanks guys,for the input! I received this reply from alan over at the "forum ancient coins" website......... "It is an Ottoman copper manghir, struck in Edirne (Adrianople, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edirne). It is no O 173 in Olcer, 'The ornamental copper coinage of the Ottoman Empire'. The obverse is just stylised decoration, but the reverse has the mint name in the lower half. Unfortunately these are undated, but I believe most are from the 17th century." I have no idea what he means by "no O 173 in olcer",but there it is.. Report this Post to the Staff
Silver Gorilla Valued Member 286 Posts	Posted 04/25/2008 8:18 pm Hay that's a cool looking Ottoman Coin, I see them from time to time on ebay, I think the people that are selling them really don't know what there selling, If your coin is from Edirne Mint, then its a coin to hold on to. I Found some coins that look exactly like yours on ebay here's the link, http://search.ebay.com/search/searc...sop=1&fsoo=1 Edited by Silver Gorilla 04/25/2008 8:30 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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